Renewable Energy Research and Development Businesses in California by Business Name

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Heliodyne, Inc.

Famous GOBI SOLAR COLLECTORS, proven across the US and abroad, attractive skylight looks, SRCC certified, high performance rated for great year-round output, all-copper blackchrome absorber, durable tube-to-fin absorber, double-strength tempered glass, three convenient sizes. SOLAR HOT WATER for all climates: HELIO-FLO and HELIO-PAK efficient solar powered pumped systems, open-loop for mild areas, anti-freeze with heat exchanger for yearround performance in cold areas. Modular off the shelf SOLAR SPACE HEATING for hydronic (radiant) floor heating or forced air, or individual rooms. SOLAR POOL HEATING with glazed collectors for effficiency when it counts, good looks, ease of installation, and less roof area needed. A must for indoor and yearround pools, which require a lot of heat. Either drain-back or anti-freeze systems for cold climates. NO BETTER SYSTEM ON THE MARKET! Systems are modular and designed for installation also by non-experts. Easy manuals and training. We ship anywhere. Made in California, Sensible Technology since 1976. Contact us for proposal, quote, brochures, or any question at all.

• Business type: manufacturer, retail sales, wholesale supplier
• Product types: solar heating products, solar water heaters, solar pool heating systems.
• Service types: system design, consulting services, research and development
• Address: 4910 Seaport Ave., Richmond, California USA 94804
• Telephone: 510-237-9614
• FAX: 510-237-7018
• Web Site: http://www.heliodyne.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Heliodyne, Inc.

Futurawind Inc.

FUTURAWIND is an engineering firm that develops advanced and reliable technology for Large- and Ultra Large-Scale Wind Turbine Generator Systems ranging from 1. 5 MW to 25 MW for both On- and Off-Shore wind energy markets. All our designs are available for licensing & technology transfer to companies desiring to become profitable wind turbine manufacturers in less than 12 months. Wind Turbine Licensing Technology and Design

• Business type: Wind Turbine Technology Licensing
• Product types: wind turbines (large), wind energy system components (large), wind energy towers and structures (large).
• Service types: design, engineering, research and development
• Address: 515 S. Flower Street, 36th Floor, Los Angeles, California USA 90071
• Telephone: 1. 213. 236. 3527
• FAX: 1. 213. 236. 3501
• Web Site: http://www.futurawind.com
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Capstone Turbine Corp.

FT Energy award-winner Capstone has shipped 2,000 30- and 60-kW commercial microturbine power systems for applications ranging from hybrid electric vehicles to converting landfill gas and other waste gases into electricity. The systems are CSA, CE and UL-Listed (2200 and 1741), have just one moving part, use no oil, no lubricants, no coolants and are designed to operate at continuous full load or load-follwing (down to 0 kW idle) 24/7/365, on or off grid. NOx emissions are significantly below any US and foreign standards. These lightweight, compact microturbines can be multipacked into n+x arrays of up to 100 units with no paralleling switchgear, all with single-point-access dispatching/diagnostics. Conforms to IEEE and ANSI specs; UL 1741/CA Rule 21 compliant grid interconnect functionality (including protective relays) is built in. 8,000-hour annual maintenance comprises air and fuel filter inspection/replacement; temp sensor and ignitor every two years. En!!gine overhaul suggested at 40,000 hours. Fuels: natural gas, propane, high and low Btu waste gases (as low as 350 Btu) with up to 7% hydrogen sulfide content, diesel and kerosene.

• Stock Symbol: Nasdaq : CPST
• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: micro-cogeneration systems, gas microturbine electric generators, hybrid electric vehicle power systems.
• Address: 21211 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, California USA 91311
• Telephone: 818-734-5300
• FAX: 818-734-5320
• Web Site: http://www.microturbine.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Capstone Turbine Corp.

SMA America, LLC

SMA America is the U.S.-based subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG, headquartered in Germany, and provides North America with the world's finest inverter, control and monitoring products for renewable energy sources, primarily solar. With more than 25 years of experience, SMA continues to lead the global solar inverter market with unmatched technological innovation, strong service support and educational programs. SMA is the world leader in solar inverter technology and manufacturing and takes pride in a product range of inverters compatible with any module and power class, for grid-tied as well as off-grid and backup applications.

• Business type: Manufacturer of Power Conversion Devices
• Product types: SMA manufactures, distributes and services the Sunny Boy family of utility interactive inverters for photovoltaic (PV), small wind, microhydro and fuel cell applications. SMA's residential, commercial and industrial grade inverter output power levels range from 700W to 1MW. In addition to prducing the most popular grid connected inverter in the world, SMA also offers a comprehensive line of data acquisition and communication packages for data logging and monitoring of renewable energy systems. .
• Service types: PV system design, technical training, product development, engineering
• Address: 6020 West Oaks Blvd., Ste. 300, Rocklin, California USA 95765
• Telephone: +1 916 625 0870
• FAX: +1 916 625 0871
• Web Site: http://www.sma-america.com
• E-mail: Send Email to SMA America, LLC

XsunX, Inc.

XsunX, Inc., an established solar energy company, is developing a breakthrough thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) cross-industry technology that may soon utilize the excess manufacturing capacity of the hard disc drive (HDD) industry to mass produce high efficiency, low cost solar cells to truly capture the power of the sun.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells thin film, photovoltaic modules thin film.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 65 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California USA 92656
• Telephone: 949-330-8060
• FAX: 949-330-8061
• Web Site: http://www.xsunx.com
• E-mail: Send Email to XsunX, Inc.

Innovalight, Inc.

Innovalight is focused on bringing high efficiency, low-cost solar modules to the marketplace. Enabling this manufacturing paradigm shift is the companyâ s silicon ink, which has been in development since 2002. Historically, silicon has been processed either as a solid or as a gas. Using liquid based processing Innovalight will dramatically improve the cost and efficiency of todayâ s solar modules.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells thin film, photovoltaic modules thin film.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 965 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California USA 94085
• Telephone: 408-419-4400
• FAX: 408-419-4758
• Web Site: http://www.innovalight.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Innovalight, Inc.

NanoGram Corporation

NanoGram Solar is developing an innovative and cost-effective photovoltaic technology based on large area, multi-crystalline silicon foils. In 2008, NanoGram received the Energy Innovator Award from the US Department of Energyâ s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for its patented lift-off SilFoilâ ¢ photovoltaic technology. Production of SilFoil modules will begin in 2010 in the Milpitas production facility where 5 megawatts of capacity is planned, followed by 50 megawatts at a location to be announced later.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 165 Topaz St. , Milpitas, California USA 95035
• Telephone: 408-719-5300
• Web Site: http://www.nanogram.com

Solarmer Energy, Inc.

Solarmer Energy Inc. is a developer of transparent, flexible plastic solar panels, the next wave in generating renewable energy from the sun. These solar panels are opening the door for a wide range of new application areas in renewable energy, which are not currently addressable with conventional silicon solar panel technology. Our company's solar panels have the potential to reduce the cost of renewable energy down to 12-15 cents/kWh and less than $1/Watt, which means plastic solar panels will be the first in solar capable of generating electricity on par with conventional fuel costs. Solarmer was founded in 2006 to commercialize this technology, which was developed by Professor Yang Yang at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. T...

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules, dye solar cell, organic solar cell.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 3445 Fletcher Av, El Monte, California USA 91731
• Telephone: 626-456-8090
• FAX: 626-456-8082
• Web Site: http://www.solarmer.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Solarmer Energy, Inc.

Wrightspeed Inc.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: hybrid electric powertrains for medium-duty trucks and supercars. .
• Service types: research services
• Address: 2540 Junction Ave. , San Jose, California USA 95134
• Telephone: 650 787 8729
• FAX: 408 944 9493
• Web Site: http://www.wrightspeed.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Wrightspeed Inc.

WestStart-CALSTART

WestStart - CALSTART is dedicated to transforming transportation for a better world, by creating and expanding a global advanced transportation technologies industry and related markets. Through technology development, commercialization, analysis and implementation our goals are to: Clean the air; Create high quality jobs; and Develop energy efficient transportation. We are tapping the knowledge and experience of world-class firms in the aerospace, electronics, automotive and defense industries, and combining those skills with the entrepreneurial talents of exceptional small businesses to create this new industry.

• Business type: nonprofit organization, publisher, industry analysis, consulting, research, development, business incubator
• Product types: electric cars, electric vehicle batteries, fuel cell batteries, hybrid electric vehicles, Natural Gas Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation Technologies, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Types: Compressed Natural Gas, Methanol, Ethanol, Propane, Hydrogen, Hythane, Bi-Fuel, Electric, Hybrid Electric.
• Address: 1878 S. Lewis Road, Camarillo, California USA 93011
• Telephone: (805) 987-3814
• FAX: (805) 987-6049
• Web Site: http://www.calstart.org
• E-mail: Send Email to WestStart-CALSTART

Solexant

Solexant is a well funded start-up developing third generation thin film PV technologies which dramatically increase solar cell efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs, therefore enabling the commercialization of solar modules that generate electricity at competitive rates without depending on government subsidies. Using printable nano-material technologies exclusively licensed from leading universities, Solexantâ s flexible solar cells harvest energy from the entire solar spectrum.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cells thin film CIGS.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 2385 Bering Dr. , San Jose, California USA 95131
• Telephone: 408. 240. 8900
• FAX: 408. 240. 8901
• Web Site: http://www.solexant.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Solexant

Peloton Energy, LLC

PELOTON ENERGY specializes in bioenergy production systems and value-added biobased industrial products. Our primary focus is the development of biobutanol from a wide variety of waste stream feedstocks (agricultural wastes, commercial food processing wastes, municipal solid waste, wood, etc. ). Our strategic partnerships extend to other development and technology companies, feedstock generators, universities, and state, county, and municipal governments. Peloton Energy has over 100 years of experience in the energy industry ranging from renewable energy and oil and gas exploration to industrial, petrochemical and nuclear . . .

• Business type: Advanced energy technologies
• Product types: BioButanol, Ethanol, Biochemicals, Biogas, Electricity, Biochemicals.
• Service types: Biomass to Energy Technology, Project Development, and Management
• Address: P. O. Box 750943, Petaluma, California USA 94975-0943
• Telephone: 707. 780. 1353
• Web Site: www.pelotonenergy.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Peloton Energy, LLC

Spectrolab, Inc.

Spectrolab, founded in 1956, has been supplying solar cells and panels to the space industry for 40 years. Pioneer 1, launched in 1958, carried the first body-mounted panels used in space. The following year, Explorer 6 used Spectrolab products and was the first satellite to use solar arrays instead of body-mounted panels. Spectrolab is headquartered in Sylmar, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It also is a leading supplier of searchlights and solar simulators.

• Business type: manufacturer
• Product types: photovoltaic cells and panels, concentrator photovoltaic cells and receiver modules, photovoltaic systems, solar simulators.
• Service types: research services
• Address: 12500 Gladstone Avenue, Sylmar, California USA 91342
• Telephone: 818-365-4611
• FAX: 818-361-5102
• Web Site: http://www.spectrolab.com
• E-mail: Send Email to Spectrolab, Inc.

Trojan Battery Company

Trojan Battery Company is the world leader in deep cycle battery technology. Since 1925, Trojan has been a pioneer in the development of superior deep cycle batteries. Decades of experience, ongoing research and dedication go into every deep cycle battery we manufacture.

• Business type: Manufacturer
• Product types: Deep-cycle lead acid batteries, sealed lead acid batteries, renewable energy system batteries, rechargeable batteries.
• Service types: Research and development, education and training, system design
• Address: 12380 Clark Street, Santa Fe Springs, California USA 90670-
• Telephone: 800-423-6569
• FAX: 562-236-3138
• Web Site: http://www.trojanbattery.com